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Thursday, March 10, 2016

gelli plate print easter cards

Well if only making stuff with 'em was as easy as producing 'em ...

I had a test drive of my NBUS Gelli plate yesterday and boy oh boy is it addicting. It's like the magic of heat embossing and watercoloring rolled into one! You seriously never know what you are going to get each time you pull a print. (Of course, spatial thinkers out there can probably plan their layers and colors ahead of time and know what they're gonna get. Moi? Not yet.) I decided to keep my colors pretty much to one color family to avoid "mud" and have some fun. This happened. In less than an hour ;)

Today I grabbed the three prints indicated above and made these. I had used printer paper to pull prints so just adhered that to the front of cardbases. Then the big question. What now?

The print I had fallen in love with was number 1, which I turned into the two cards in the middle row. And then they became these cards. Here's #1.

Stamped with a Tim Holtz Easter Blueprint, planning to place the MFT bow up top to cover an empty spot. Didn't like the offcenteredness so I stamped an Impression Obsession sentiment vertically to balance it out. And to cover the excessive blackness at the base of the bunny I snipped some grass out of tissue paper and stitched it along the bottom. A challenge, this one. Unlike the next one, #2.

Isn't this fun? I had pulled out extra die cuts that were laying around from recent projects, like this one, and something made me think of covering one of the eggs on this print with a die cut egg. And that led to the idea of keeping the stamping light and whimsical and voila! Thanks to Paper Smooches Spring Fling.

On to print number 3. Lovely blue/green-ness. Also a cool print made by taking CS leftover after die cutting lots of w&w leaves and using it as a stencil on the Gelli plate (like the eggs above).

Meet #3. Lotsa lovely white space.

Stamped the egg from Tim Holtz Easter Blueprint, masked it and sponged a bit of Broken China around it to set it off a bit from the busy background.

Here's #4.

This half of the print had to become an Easter card too. See those faint egg outlines. Another of the magical moments provided by the Gelli plate. (After pulling the colorful egg print and its "ghost", I laid down some blue and green paint and made this print, getting the remnants of the colorful print too. Clear as mud?)

The little bunny? He was sent to me by Bev B., so I perched him on a die cut square topped with a die cut leaf for interest. Stamped my sentiment on both and lined them up. Two more leftovers put to good use ;)

Last card #5 was a cinch.

I like how the giant image nestles nicely into the circles on the print. From Joy Crafts Spring.

Whew. Hope I've inspired you. This all came about cuz I was inspired by Darnell's NBUS challenge which is ending today. Thanks for the push, girlfriend.

Oh wow Maria! you have been busy! I love the vibrancy of colors you chose to work with. I don't get all these products here, so no idea what gelli plate is, or how it works. But looking at your projects, I will ask the craft store to order it for me if possible.I love the Easter eggs one a lot, and the 5th one is the show stopper for me :)Thank you for dropping by and leaving kind words at my blog, I am going to hit the followers tab, so that I can drop by often here. Have a great day!

Late, late, late...that's me. I am so sorry for not commenting sooner about these absolutely fantastic cards. (Thanks for the shout out, btw!) I love what you've done with the gelli plate. Those colors are amazing! I love the look of them, and how they have such an artsy feel. Wow! These have made wonderful Easter cards, and I can't wait, as I know we'll see more of your fantastic work with the gellis, to see what's next. Absolutely stunning. Love them. Bev

these are so much fun! i can tell you enjoyed your gelli plate! you got some gorgeous prints. the easter egg shaped ones are great! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

The gelli plates are an unknown to me, but given what you've created here - ultra awesomeness - I'm going to do some mystery-unraveling. Call me "tempted"...Fantastic cards that see me smiling brightly!Hugs~c

Wow, Maria ... you made magic with that gelli plate ... and then waved your creative wand all over again to create all these amazing, vibrant beauties! Awesome artistry! Delighted to have you playing along with us at Time Out! Hugs, Anita :)

What great backgrounds and all of them are so vibrant and eye catching!Thank you so much for sharing your lovely cards and for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... :)

Wow, what an awesome array of Easter cards! I haven't taken out my gelli plate for ages but I really do have to use it again. It's really so much fun playing with all those colors and paints. Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Stempelküche challenge.

Wow Maria - these are absolutely gorgeous! My Gelli plate has been collecting dust sitting on my shelf for a long time now - I am now completely inspired to pull it out and play! Thanks so much sharing your inspiring designs with us at Time Out! Jill